Handmade

Hand Made, Real
Mead.

What does 'handmade' actually mean? There are many heated
debates about this and there is no clear definition. Anyone who has been to a
craft fayre will know, it can mean things that are just finished off by hand.
Here at The Lancashire Mead Company, when we say 'handmade' we mean it is made
by hand - our hands to be exact!

We use an industrial mixer to avoid drowning, a filter machine
to remove the dead yeast particles (at 0.2 micron they cannot be seen by the
human eye)
and a bottle filler to ensure
compliance with weights and measures legislation. EVERYTHING else is done by
our own fair hands; preparation, fermentation, racking off, bottling, labelling
and boxing.

There are a number of reasons for this:

We are artisan mead producers
making mead because we believe there is nothing like real mead;

We are trying to keep our carbon
footprint as low as possible;

Space is tight - even after
expanding we are restricted as to what types of machinery we can use;

A lot of machinery is geared
towards the brewing of beer and wine so not suitable for our production
methods;

We do not have the spare money to
invest in expensive machinery right now;

But, MOST IMPORTANTLY, it means
that the quality of every bottle we produce is checked at every stage, ensuring
maximum Quality Control.

As you can see from the pictures below, we employ some
interesting methods to get the job done! So, when you see a slightly wonky label - or a
taster bottle with the label on upside down (because we were still labelling
after midnight), you know it is literally handmade with the love and pride for
REAL MEAD that you have come to expect from us.